Just thought I'd pass this along--the city of Winnipeg is currently considering allowing the building of a condo complex over the top of the site of Upper Fort Garry. From what Barry McPherson has told me, it was a "done in the middle of the night" deal, with no public input, by a portion of the city council. Needless to say, the local fur trade community is outraged. They are trying to get the decision reversed, and have raised 9 million (!) dollars to buy the land and build/restore parts of the fort. The fort site was donated to the city years ago by the HBC for a historical park, instead a gas station was built on the site. Now the station is to be demolished and condos built.

_________________...yet in a Short time they become disgusted with our manner of life...and take the first good Opportunity of escaping again into the woods, when there is no reclaiming them.
B. Franklin, 1753